Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
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26 LET US DRA W NIGH<br />
never do—made redemption of transgressions,<br />
and put away sin for ever. The new and living<br />
way, through the rent veil, that is, His flesh,<br />
has reference to His death, regarded as that of<br />
our Leader and Forerunner,<br />
who opened up a<br />
path to God, in which He first walked Himself,<br />
and then draws us to follow Him. The death<br />
of Jesus was not only the dedication or inaugura<br />
tion of the new sanctuary and of<br />
the new covenant,<br />
but also of the new way into the holy<br />
presence and fellowship of God. Whoever in<br />
faith accepts of the blood He shed as His boldness<br />
of entrance, must accept, too, of the way<br />
He opened up as that in which he walks.<br />
And what was that way ? The way through<br />
the veil, that is, His flesh. The veil is the<br />
flesh. The veil that separated man from God<br />
was the flesh, human nature under the power of<br />
sin.<br />
Christ came in the likeness of sinful flesh,<br />
and dwelt with us here outside the veil. The<br />
Word was made flesh. He also Himself in like<br />
manner partook offlesh and Wood. In the days<br />
of His flesh, He was tempted like as we are<br />
He offered<br />
prayer and supplication with strong<br />
crying and tears. He learned obedience even<br />
to the death. Our will is our life. He gave<br />
up His own will to the death to seek God's will<br />
alone. Through the rent veil of His flesh, His